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I bought a walking, grunting truffles big today. (There goes my credibility). Anyway, it takes size “C” batteries. Naturally I only have size “AA”.
I can understand other sizes for small applications etc but what value does size “C” give? Do they last that much longer to counter my walking, grunting truffles pig having to carry the extra weight around?
I haven’t used a C in ages, but when I was a kid they typically went into electric powered toys. These were not big enough for a D, and needed too much power for an AA. As things shrunk, the use of AA and AAA went up - I don’t remember that we had a lot of these around 45 years ago.
Most electronics can run on AA now. A few decades past and you needed C and D for a lot of stuff. Just so you know those rechargeable 6 volt toy car packs are assembled from C cells as are tool power packs. For a power hog like you bought they needed the C’s.
Probably because the actual voltage of the cell is determined by the chemicals they’re made of, and most are typically one-point-something volts per cell. AA, AAA, C, D, etc, are all single cells. A nine volter must be made up of a number of smaller cells. For a reliable 5V supply, you’d probably want to start higher, and regulate back down to 5V, so as not to drop lower when the batteries are just about dead.
Also, I think CMOS has a lot greater range in it’s operating voltages than TTL had. It’s been 20 years since I studied that stuff though.
And now that I think about it, Radio Raheem is very much a dated character now. Today, he wouldn’t be bopping down the street with his gargantuan radio. He’d be the guy with the sweet home theater in his apartment. And when he was out and about, he’d have his iPod. All he’d have to do with that is charge it; no need for 20 (20?!) D batteries. Perhaps that’s another reason urban tension has lessened; less need for interaction.
(And Buggin’ Out would have a blog, and Mookie would have a razor scooter, and Mr. Senor Love Daddy would be live streaming on the net…)
Yes, I discovered after one of my 9 volt batteries exploded that inside it were six tiny cylindrical batteries wired together.
BTW, I also discovered that it’s a bad idea to leave out a 9 volt battery on a table top next to an aluminum can. Turns out that if the battery is knocked over and the contacts come into, er, contact, with the can, it will eventually explode and scare the shit out of whoever is nearby.